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Jennifer Bailey opens her new store, Bubbles Bailey Soap & Stuff, today. The store will offer her homemade soaps and other handmade crafts. (Julie Bennett)

Jennifer Bailey liked her first bar of organic soap, a gift, so much that she learned to make it and then decided to make it a career.

Today, Bailey will open a retail location to sell the product, and she has plenty of plans to grow the company.

Her store, Bubbles Bailey Soap & Stuff, will open in the LeCroy Village Shopping Center with her products plus those of other local artists. The three-year journey from novice soapmaker to entrepreneur has been a little bit of a head-spinner, Bailey said.

“At first, it was just a hobby,” she said.

It was a hobby she learned from the Alabama Soapers Guild after a visit to Old Town Alabama. At first, she made soap for personal use, then for sale at a few arts festivals.

Her soaps are made from products such as olive and castor oil and other natural ingredients......

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